This chart features some commonly used vegetables.
Fruit | Size and Count | Serving Size and Yield* |
Apples | Specify size: 125-138 count, whole, or
100 count, whole. |
¼ raw, unpeeled apple = about ¼ cup
1/5 raw, unpeeled apple = about ¼ cup |
Bananas | Purchase by fingers, institutional pack, 150 per case, three to four bananas per pound. | 1 banana = 3/8 cup |
Blueberries | Specify U.S. #1, sold in pints, fresh. 1 pint AP = about 2 2/3 cups EP. | ¼ cup measure |
Strawberries | Specify U.S. #1, minimum diameter ¾ in, sold in quarts and pints. | ½ cup measure |
Cantaloupe | Specify size 18, 5 in. diameter, approximately 30 oz. per melon. | 1/10 medium melon = ¼ cup |
Grapes | Specify variety desired. | |
With seeds | 6 grapes = about ¼ cup;
12 grapes = ½ cup |
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Seedless | 7 grapes = about ¼ cup;
14 grapes = ½ cup |
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Nectarines | Specify size 88 (2 ¼ in. diameter) approximately 4 per pound. | 1 nectarine = about ½ cup |
Medium size | Specify size 56 and 64 (2 ¾ in. diameter). | 1 nectarine = about ¾ cup |
Oranges | Specify size 138 or 113 (California or Arizona) or size 125 (Florida or Texas). | 1 orange (size 113/125) = about 5/8 cup
1 orange (size 138) = about ½ cup |
Peaches | Specify size 84 (21/8 in. diameter – box may state 2 to 2¼ in. diameter); approximately
3½ to 4 peaches per pound. |
1 peach = about 3/8 cup |
Medium size | Specify size 60 to 64 (2½ in. diameter); approximately 3 per pound. | 1 peach = about 2/3 cup |
Fruit | Size and Count | Serving Size and Yield* |
Pears | Specify size 150 (2¼ to 23/8) in. diameter. | 1 pear = about ½ cup |
Medium size | Specify size 120; approximately 3 per pound. | 1 pear = about ¾ cup |
Plums | Specify size 45 and 50 (2 in. diameter). | 1 plum = about ½ cup |
Medium size | Specify size 60 and 65. | 1 plum = about 3/8 cup |
Raisins | Specify bulk purchase or individual packages. | Yield of Bulk:
1.3 to 1.5 ounce package = ¼ cup 1 lb. = 12.6-¼ cup servings |
Tangerine | Specify size 120 count. | 1 tangerine = about 3/8 cup |
Watermelon | Specify average size, melons will average about 27 pounds. | ¼ cup fruit or ¼ cup diced fruit without rind |
* Any serving size may be planned. For simplicity, this table of serving sizes and yields for vegetables and fruits provides ¼ cup servings of vegetables and a variety of cup servings of fruits.